Summit Park, UT is located in Summit County and is a small but growing community. It has a wide range of political affiliations, from conservative to liberal. The town is part of the Republican stronghold in the county, but also includes Democrats and other party groups. Local elections are held every two years, with candidates vying for the mayor's office as well as four Board of Trustees seats. Elections tend to be fairly competitive as residents actively participate to make sure their voice is heard. With new policies being proposed at the state level on a regular basis, local politics remain an important factor in shaping the future of Summit Park, UT.
The political climate in Zip 84098 (Summit Park, UT) is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84098 (Summit Park, UT) is somewhat liberal.
Summit Park, Utah is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, Utah is moderately liberal.
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Utah is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Summit Park, Utah: R r D r D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 84098 (Summit Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,563 contributions totaling $831,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 666 contributions totaling $1,322,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,986 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)